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I’ve tried this app a few times over the last few years, I really wanted to like it. My main issue with Curio across all versions has been that all the default
by hjkl0 4y ago
I’ve tried this app a few times over the last few years, I really wanted to like it.
My main issue with Curio across all versions has been that all the defaults for colors, fonts, layout, etc. are just hideous, garish, horribly outdated, in very poor taste.
You can add all kinds of elements such as shapes, graphs, lists, etc., and there are different preset styles for each element, but everything looks like something from Office 97. Every single color is wrong.
You can see this in the screenshots and the videos on the front page. There isn’t a single element on any of the screens that doesn’t have at least one thing wrong with it, like too dark drop shadows, too thick outlines, too thin fonts, arbitrary color choices that don’t match.
There’s a ton of thought and polish going into the UX, but as great as it is to use, it’s just way too easy to make something distractingly ugly, and almost impossible to make something even remotely elegant.